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Sarah jedzie do Polski! 12 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
It is with great joy that I report that I will be spending two weeks in October in Poland, touring public libraries and speaking at a national conference (congress). From October 12-26 I will be in P...
Symposium on Revisiting the Children’s Internet Protection Act 6 Aug 2013 | 04:31 am
Monday and Tuesday of last week I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a Children’s Internet Protection Act Symposium, hosted by the American Library Association and Google in Washington D...
So You Want to be a Director 13 Jul 2013 | 02:24 am
This post is a summary of my presentation at the ALA Annual Conference entitled “So You Want to be a Director: Fleas, Death Threats, Budget Cuts, and Prison Wardens.” Good title, right? (Thanks Nicol...
The Bartending Librarian: How Past Odd Jobs Help You Now 26 Jun 2013 | 07:27 pm
For 99.9% of us, working in a library was not our first job. I worked an extremely odd assortment of jobs between high school and finishing my MLIS, each and every one of which has continued to help m...
Sarah 1: Cancer 0 22 Jun 2013 | 01:46 am
This will be my last cancer post because… I am happy to report that yesterday I received news that the pathology reports show that they got all the cancer with the surgery and I am officially now in ...
Cancer: I Will Punch You in the Feelings 13 Jun 2013 | 02:14 am
Update: Surgery *is* happening today at 2:20pm PST. Thankfully I can get it over with. Think happy thoughts of kittens & rainbows. Hello all. I want to begin with a heartfelt expression of gratitude ...
Cancer: I Will Kill It Dead 6 Jun 2013 | 08:40 pm
I have bad news and I have good news. You should probably read both. Bad News: I have been diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 36. Good News: We caught it very early and the cancer is small...
Wear What You Want: Dressing to Lead in Libraries 25 May 2013 | 02:57 am
Update: I’ve now deleted seven comments off of the blog (and three emails) that had no discursive value, no points to be made, no arguments or positions taken, but were just pointed name calling and i...
Call-For-Help systems: Crowdsourced Ideas from the ALA Think Tank 11 May 2013 | 03:33 am
We’re looking for a security system here at the San Rafael Public Library–some kind of remote way to indicate “Hey, something’s definitely wrong with staff member X who’s dealing with the public right...
My name is Sarah and I still have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 5 May 2013 | 12:21 am
May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month. What is that, you may ask? If you’re a longtime reader of my blog, you’ll know that I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. You can read my posts from previous ...
